The Scotsman

Codeclan hails reaching 1,000 graduates

- By EMMA NEWLANDS

Digital skills academy Code - Clan has welcomed the number of its graduates breaking the 1,000 barrier ahead of celebratin­g its fifth anniversar­y next month.

The organisati­on, which is present in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, has been running profession­al software developmen­t, data analysis and web developmen­t courses since it opened. It said many students are back on campus in Edinburgh and Glasgow mixed with remote learning.

Chief executive Me linda Matthews-Clark son said: “We are not going to pretend that the last few months have been easy, but it’s nice to take a moment to see how far we have come as we mark our 1,000th graduate.

“It’s exciting to get people back on campus, albeit in a restricted fashion for the foreseeabl­e future, and we’re really pleased that our virtual classrooms have come into their own since lockdown.”

Commenting on the recently published Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review, she added :“The Logan Review illustrate­s in no uncertain terms how important education and training is if we want to take our digital sector to the next level in Scotland.

“It’s great to see the Scottish Government already moving on the report’s recommenda­tions, so there’s a real collective feeling in the tech community that we’re now pointed in the right direction.”

Code clan was initially funded by the Scottish Government,andi snow run as a notfor-prof itself-funded organisati­on, working with hundreds of employers of all sizes in Scotland.

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